Rack for newspaper-files



(No Model.)

0. W. MOOERS.

RACK FOR NBWSPMPER PILES. No. 560,005. Patented May 12, 1806.

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CHARLES IVOODIARD MOOERS, OF TOW'ANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RACK FOR NEWSPAPER-FILES.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 560,005, dated May l2,1896.

Application filed March 27, 1895.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WooDwARn Moonris, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Towanda, in the county of Bradford and .State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rack for Holding Newspaper-I `iles,'of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in that class ofiiles used for holding a number of newspapers; and it has for its objectto produce a file or rack in which the papers will be so held that thetitle of each paper will be in fullyiew to a person desiring to take apaper from the rack.

To this end the invention consists in the novel combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described7 andparticularly pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of thedevice, showing several papers in position; and Fig. 2, a similar viewwithout the papers. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 a top view.

Referring to the various parts by letter, A A designate the two sidepieces of the t rame of the rack, which are held together by cross-barsB and C, and are substantially parallel. The sides A A are connected attheir upper ends by the top piece E.

The sides A A are substantially triangular in shape, their widest partbeing at their upper ends, from which point they incline inwardly anddownwardly to their lower ends. These sides are so arranged that whenthe rack is placed in its proper position they ineline from their upperedge downwardly and to the right, while the top E and crossbars B and Care in a horizontal position. On the outer inclined edges of the sides AA are Serial No. 543,341. (No model.)

secured suitable hooks D, upon which the rods carrying the papers areremovably supported in a horizontal position, said hooks being properlyarranged for this purpose.

As will be readily understood by reference to the drawings, when thepaperfiles are placed upon the rack they will hang in an inelined row,one vertical edge of each paper projecting slightly beyond the adjacentvertical edge of the papernext above. By means of this arrangement thetitle of each paperis exposed to view at all times when the paper isupon the rack, and all the papers will be in such a position that anyone of them may be very readily removed and replaced without disturbingthe others.

As will be manifest, the sides A A may inoline downwardly and toward theleft, and I desire it understood that I do not limit myself toYtheffbexact construction shown and described, as changes may be madewithout departing fromvthe scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- In a rack fornewspaper-nies, the combination of a frame having two connected sidepieces adapted to be secured to a support, these side pieces beingapproximately parallel and inclining upward and to one side, and aseries of hooks iixed to the front edges of said inclined side piecesand adapted to hold a series of horizontal paper-supporting rods,whereby the papers will be supported in an inclined row and have theirtitles eX- posed at all times, substantially as described.

CHARLES wooDwIRD Moores.

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